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Arts-and-crafts giant Hobby Lobby was pilloried last week after it agreed to forfeit $1.6 million worth of smuggled Iraqi antiquities it bought in 2010 to promote passion for the Bible.

It turns out that wasn't the first time the company illegally imported artifacts.

An attorney for the retailer confirmed to NBC News that the $3 million it will pay the federal government to settle a civil case isn't a fine but a payment to cover unspecified items that were improperly brought to the United States before the 2010 acquisition.

Hobby Lobby didn't forfeit those purchases because it doesn't have them any longer. A stipulation outlining the settlement said they are "dissipated," suggesting they were either sold or donated.



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